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Crownhaven #2
The Rebel Seeks A Wife: A Friends-to-Lovers Forbidden Romance
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Expected 1 Jun 26He’s the country’s most eligible bachelor. She’s the bodyguard he’s secretly teaching how to date…and the best friend he wants for himself.
Tristan Prince is trouble. He’s charming, devious, and too handsome for his own good. I’m the bodyguard in the background, and the best friend who spent the last three years swearing she’d never let her feelings for Tristan grow.
He might be looking for a wife, but I’m the last woman he’d ever marry.
My plan? Learn to date, and get over my best friend.
Until Tristan offers to teach me himself.
Coaching becomes practice. Practice flames into jealousy.
I don’t belong in Tristan’s world…
And Tristan? He belongs to someone else.
Tristan Prince is trouble. He’s charming, devious, and too handsome for his own good. I’m the bodyguard in the background, and the best friend who spent the last three years swearing she’d never let her feelings for Tristan grow.
He might be looking for a wife, but I’m the last woman he’d ever marry.
My plan? Learn to date, and get over my best friend.
Until Tristan offers to teach me himself.
Coaching becomes practice. Practice flames into jealousy.
I don’t belong in Tristan’s world…
And Tristan? He belongs to someone else.
- GenresContemporary Romance
417 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication June 1, 2026
About the author
Sophia Travers
8 books293 followersSophia Travers has been reading romance novels for as long as she can remember (sorry, Mom, for stealing all those books and hiding them under the bed). Ever since she discovered that writing romance is just as addicting as reading it, she's been populating fictional worlds with smitten heroes and ambitious heroines. She loves enemies to lovers, second chances, heroines who know what they want, and lots and lots of angst.
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Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
4.5 stars
I had not planned to start and finish this today, but I can never resist a good bodyguard trope story!
First of all, having read The Heir, what strikes me first and foremost is how the writing is better in The Rebel Seeks A Wife. The flow of the story felt more smooth, as did the transitions between scenes.
Now when it comes to the story itself, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I LOVE a bodyguard trope, and the FMC being the bodyguard here felt refreshing (although realistically very young to be managing the security basically by herself, but let's suspend disbelief here). Katie is the kind of FMC that will definitely tug on your heartstrings, while Tristan's charming facade hides a heart of gold.
The best-friends-to-lovers was very well done - that sudden uh-oh-I-have-feelings-for-this-person moments, the yearning that comes with, the not wanting to destroy a great friendship - all make for a great story with lots of feels. I think Katie and Tristan finding each other was, in some way, inevitable. They just make complete sense together.
I also loved the siblings dynamics here - the teasing, the banter, the love, the vulnerable moments! I'm sat for the stories of the other siblings, maybe Sienna and the young mayor next?
Thank you to the author for the ARC via Netgalley. All opinions are my own.
I had not planned to start and finish this today, but I can never resist a good bodyguard trope story!
First of all, having read The Heir, what strikes me first and foremost is how the writing is better in The Rebel Seeks A Wife. The flow of the story felt more smooth, as did the transitions between scenes.
Now when it comes to the story itself, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I LOVE a bodyguard trope, and the FMC being the bodyguard here felt refreshing (although realistically very young to be managing the security basically by herself, but let's suspend disbelief here). Katie is the kind of FMC that will definitely tug on your heartstrings, while Tristan's charming facade hides a heart of gold.
The best-friends-to-lovers was very well done - that sudden uh-oh-I-have-feelings-for-this-person moments, the yearning that comes with, the not wanting to destroy a great friendship - all make for a great story with lots of feels. I think Katie and Tristan finding each other was, in some way, inevitable. They just make complete sense together.
I also loved the siblings dynamics here - the teasing, the banter, the love, the vulnerable moments! I'm sat for the stories of the other siblings, maybe Sienna and the young mayor next?
Thank you to the author for the ARC via Netgalley. All opinions are my own.
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March 31, 2026Expected publication June 1
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May 15, 2026THANK YOU TO SOFIA AND HER TEAM FOR THE ARC VERY EXCITED FOR TRISTAN AND KATIE EEKKK
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